chrome-webstore-upload_How to generate Google API keys.md

How to generate Google API keys

CREDITS : chrome-webstore-upload uses the Chrome Web Store API.

Here's how to get its 3 access keys: clientId, clientSecret, refreshToken

Note: the names you enter here don't really matter.

0. Visit https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/chromewebstore.googleapis.com/overview

1. Create a project:

   

2. Enter a name (e.g. webstore-yourextensionname)

3. Visit https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/chromewebstore.googleapis.com/overview again

4. Enable the API:

   

5. Open Credentials > Create credentials > OAuth client ID:

   

6. Click on Configure consent screen:

   

7. Enter a product name (e.g. yourextensionname) and save

8. Select Other and click Create

   

9. Save your ✅ clientId and ✅ clientSecret, these are your keys.

10. Place your clientId in this URL and open it:

     https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID&response_type=code&scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/chromewebstore&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob
    

11. Follow its steps and copy the authcode it shows on the last page:

    

12. Run this in your browser console.
    It's a wizard to create and copy a curl into your clipboard:

     copy(`curl "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token" -d "client_id=${encodeURIComponent(prompt('Enter your clientId'))}&client_secret=${encodeURIComponent(prompt('Enter your clientSecret'))}&code=${encodeURIComponent(prompt('Enter your authcode'))}&grant_type=authorization_code&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob"`);alert('The curl has been copied. Paste it into your terminal.')
    

13. Paste the generated code in your terminal and run it.

14. Save your ✅ refreshToken:

    

15. Done. Now you should have ✅ clientId, ✅ clientSecret and ✅ refreshToken. You can use these for all your extensions, but don't share them!